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View ArticleIt’s Kids’ Time at the Tarrytown Music Hall
by Susan Tolchin – The Tarrytown Music Hall has decided to give children of various ages a way to create their own theatre productions. From In School Residencies to In Theatre workshops, the Music...
View ArticleA Nobel Laureate Cites SH High Biology Teacher as His Inspiration
by Barrett Seaman – In early October, it was announced that Dr. Gregg Semenza, Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology, along with fellow...
View ArticleQ&A: Concussions in Youth Sports
by Tom Pedulla – With youth and high school sports in full swing, Dr. Mark Herceg, a neuropsychologist at Phelps Hospital, participated in a question-and-answer session with The Hudson Independent for...
View ArticleFeiner wins 14th term as Greenburgh Town Supervisor
By Barrett Seaman By a two-to-one margin, incumbent Paul Feiner beat out challenger Lucas Cioffi Tuesday and held on to his seat as Greenburgh Town Supervisor, a job he has held since 1991. Cioffi, a...
View ArticleTarrytown’s New Asst. Village Administrator Fulfilling Tasks
by Robert Kimmel – Tarrytown’s newly appointed Assistant Village Administrator, Joshua Ringel, now within his fourth month on the job, appears to be seamlessly accomplishing the work for which he was...
View ArticleIrvington QB Daly Heralded as a Selfless Team Player
by Tom Pedulla – In an age when self-aggrandizement and selfies are celebrated, Irvington senior Aidan Daly offers a refreshing alternative. He is a selfless team player, a humble young man. Daly had...
View Article“What are You Most Thankful For?”
Inquiring Photographer by Alexa Brandenberg Maria Eberhardt Tarrytown “The opportunities I have – to go to a private school and all the other things my parents enable me to do.” Kim Waddell Tarrytown...
View ArticleiPic Theater in Dobbs Ferry to Close Monday
By Rick Pezzullo The iPic Theaters Westchester will screen its last film this weekend as the Dobbs Ferry theater will close as part of a company restructuring. The official closure will be on Monday,...
View ArticleIrvington Theater to Host Special Film Screening and Q&A Event November 15
By Shana Liebman – On November 15, the Irvington Theater will host an exclusive screening of The Lavender Scare, a documentary about a period of history that few know about — yet which rings eerily...
View ArticleCounty’s Proposed 2020 Operating Budget Offers Property Tax Decrease
By Robert Kimmel It has been almost a decade since Westchester County’s operating budget has included a reduction in the County’s property tax total levy; however, that will likely happen in...
View ArticleBike Lane Advocates Use Anniversary of Cyclist’s Death to Promote Rte. 119...
By Barrett Seaman A clutch of bicycle enthusiasts gathered in frigid temperatures at midday on Saturday, November 9, to “re-memorialize” Merrill Cassell, who on a Friday afternoon ten years and three...
View ArticleDobbs Ferry Season Ends With 21-7 Loss to Valhalla
By Tom Pedulla At least for this year, there is a changing of the guard in Section 1 Class C football. Valhalla, which had not advanced this far since 2001, toppled defending champion Dobbs Ferry 21-7...
View ArticleIrvington High School Teacher Publishes Book About Civil War
by Clara Firpo-Cappiello — Christopher Barry, a Westchester resident and history teacher of 21 years at Irvington High School, recently published his first book, No Flinching From Fire: The 65th New...
View ArticleChurch of the Magdalene Celebrates Its 125th Year Anniversary
By Linda Viertel This year marks the 125th year anniversary of Pocantico Hills’ Church of the Magdalene, founded in 1894. Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s celebration of the Mass at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday,...
View ArticleAll Are Welcome to the Church of the Magdalene
To the Editor, Over the last 125 years Church of the Magdalene in Pocantico Hills has been home to dedicated pastors and devoted parishioners. Some have spent a lifetime in the parish; others perhaps...
View ArticleTuesday, November 12: Irvington PTSA To Present Community Conversation About...
Join the Irvington PTSA’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee for a panel focusing on how we as a community can cultivate a safe and supportive environment for all, regardless of sexual orientation,...
View ArticleSleepy Hollow Scouts Place Flags on Veterans’ Grave Sites
For many years, the local chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) marked Veterans Day by planting American flags at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery grave sites of those who served in the U.S....
View ArticlePro-Choice Activist and Social Media Expert Allison Fine to Run for Lowey’s Seat
By Barrett Seaman Allison Fine, 55, is a busy woman whose life just got busier. This week, the recent chair of the national board of NARAL Pro Choice America and author of three books on social media...
View ArticleDonations Needed at Thanksgiving Time
The Community Coalition (C2) was formed by Kids’ Club of Tarrytown & Sleepy Hollow and is a group of local non-profits, religious institutions, community members, and organizations of all types who...
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